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Andrew Kekūpa’a Knutson, Ph.D.
Project Title: Epigenetic Regulation of the Hypoxic Response in the Mouse Heart
University of Hawaii
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Barbara Juarez, Ph.D.
Project Title: Dopamine Circuit Regulation of Morphine Reinforcement Across the Opioid Exposure Cycle
University of Washington
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Anel Jaramillo, Ph.D.
Project Title: Neuropeptide-Dependent Parabrachial Control of the BNST During Alcohol Abstinence-Induced Negative Affect
Vanderbilt University
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Agnes Karasik, Ph.D.
Project Title: The role of host mRNA cleavage by RNase L in viral infections
NIDDK
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Caroline B. Palavicino-Maggio, Ph.D.
Project Title: Unraveling the neural basis of female aggression and dementia-related aggression: a systems biology approach.
Harvard Medical School
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Charisse Winston, Ph.D.
Project Title: Ethnoracial Impact on Blood-Based Biomarker Detection of Alzheimers in Primary Care Patients
The University of California, San Diego
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Jenna R. Christensen, Ph.D.
Project Title: Evolution of Cargo Transport
The University of California, San Diego
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Laura E. Newman, Ph.D.
Project Title: The role of mitochondrial/ER contacts in the regulation of mtDNA release from mitochondria, innate immune signaling, and responses to viral infection
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Leah Gates, Ph.D.
Project Title: Integration of metabolism and chromatin in regulating gene expression in vivo
Rockefeller University
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Nicole R. Sparks, Ph.D.
Project Title: Analysis of environmentally-sensitive epigenetic machinery during osteogenic differentiation
University of California Irvine
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Theresa Loveless, Ph.D.
Project Title: Deep cell history tracking: engineering cells that write their detailed life stories into their DNA to study DNA damage
University of California Irvine
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Yadira M. Soto-Feliciano, Ph.D.
Project Title: Understanding mechanisms of transcriptional regulation by chromatin adaptor proteins
Rockefeller University
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Yvon L. Woappi, Ph.D.
Project Title: Delineating epigenetic coordination of regenerative cell plasticity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital